Nantahala DH

Just a few pics from the Nantahala Delayed Harvest waters. The DH is still in full swing, so don't forget that we are still offering guided trips to that area. There are still plenty of 20 inch and better fish to be had there. And the scenery speaks for itself.        

Interesting Marketing Fact

Interesting study into how you choose your gear. This was posted on the AFFTA site and I thought some of you might be interested in the marketing aspects of how you spend your money. Click here to check it out.

Hiwassee River Generation

TVA continues to run 2 generators for most of the day through the weekdays, but seems to let up a little bit on weekends. That may be to allow some wading fishermen to get a quick fix on the weekends. I don't know for sure, but I like to think that they help us out when they can. Anyway, if you get a chance to go with favorable flows, take advantage of it. The fishing has been very good with lots of brown trout coming to hand lately. No really big ones that I know of, but at least they are biting. It's probably just a matter of time before someone lays into a nice one. This is the right time of year to catch one. So get out when you can.



Fishing Report

Fishing continues to be good on the area trout waters. The fish are cooperating, the weather is the problem. I don't mind fishing in the snow, but when the roads are as icy as they have been lately, you just can't get to the decent areas to fish. And you can forget about backing a boat down the ramp, unless you want to lose your truck in the Hiwassee River.
If you are going to catch good numbers of fish in the winter, you can't be afraid to put on some split shot. And a double nymph rig for that matter. Midges are also important. The same standard flies that you use throughout the rest of the year will work fine. You just have to get them down. Not just deep, but on the bottom.
I would stick with BHPT's and Princes for the most part. Using them on a double nymph rig is hard to beat. You can also use one of these as your lead fly and drop a zebra midge off the back. If you want to throw a streamer, I would go with a white or olive bugger. Probably an olive one in size 6. Hard to go wrong with that one.
This set-up will work good on the Tellico or on the Hi. Just be sure and wade carefully. This is not a good time to get water down your waders. But sometimes you just have to risk it in order to spend some time with these little guys.



New Look

Taking advantage of a dreary day here in East TN to do a badly needed update to the blog. Giving it a fresh new look. Haven't had alot of time to post lately, let alone update the look, so this is time well spent. Feel free to chime in with any ideas that you may have. I need all the help I can get.

Product Review

I don't normally post product reviews due to the fact that most people probably don't care about my opinion on gear. However, I have had some recent requests for this type of info. on the blog, so here it goes.
Back in November I bought myself a new Simms G4 Pro Jacket. I had been needing another rain jacket for awhile and decided to pull the trigger and order one since the winter season was upon us. This was my first G4 jacket, but not my first Simms product. I have used their stuff in the past and knew that I couldn't go wrong with this jacket. And I was right!
The quality that I have come to expect from Simms really shows in this jacket. From ample storage room in the pockets to built-in zingers, they have pretty much thought of everything when they designed it. It has hand warmer pockets, zippers in the armpits to let excess heat escape and even a fly patch on the left breast. It has everything that I need in a jacket and more.
There are other features on it that I have not mentioned here. Visit their website at http://www.simmsfishing.com/ to read about all the features of this great jacket. You can't go wrong with Simms gear. They have never let me down!